Gustave (Gustaph) Alfred GOERLACH

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abt. 1858 , Massachusetts, USA

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6 January 1931 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Johann Gottfried GOERLACH Johanna Henrietta VOGEL

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Born: abt. 1858 in Massachusetts, USA

Father: Johann Gottfried GOERLACH

Mother: Johanna Henrietta VOGEL

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Gustave (Gustaph) Alfred married Mary Ellen SCHAFER 6 May 1890 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Mary Ellen SCHAFER was born abt. 1865 in New Ashford, Massachusetts, USA.

Gustave (Gustaph) Alfred GOERLACH died 6 January 1931 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
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Mary Ellen SCHAFER
Marriage date: 6 May 1890
Marriage place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Name: Gustaph Gorlach

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Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 06 May 1890

Event Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Gender: Male

Age: 32

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Birth Year (Estimated): 1858

Father's Name: John G.

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Mother's Name: Henrietta

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Spouse's Name: Mary E. Shaver

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Spouse's Father's Name: Theodor

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Spouse's Mother's Name: Catherine

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Certificate Number: 304

GS Film number: 1415227

Digital Folder Number: 4279727

Image Number: 00586

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"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 15 June 2015), Gustaph Gorlach and Mary E. Shaver, 06 May 1890; citing 66, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,415,227.

Children of Gustave (Gustaph) Alfred GOERLACH and Mary Ellen SCHAFER

Mary H GOERLACH

Born: abt. 1892, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Elizabeth Augusta GOERLACH

Born: 30 November 1893, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 20 July 1894, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Charlotte GOERLACH

Born: 28 May 1895, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: ,

Gustave Adolph GOERLACH

Born: 4 April 1897, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 29 April 1993, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Helen Gertrude BOYNTON 1920 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Charles William GOERLACH

Born: 9 October 1900, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: ,

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1860 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts
NOTE: Inaccurate, but probably him

Name: Gustave A Gorbach
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1842
Birthplace: Prussia
Page: 217
Household ID: 1678
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 803488
Digital Folder Number: 004231348
Image Number: 00222

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John Gorbach M 47 Prussia
Henrietta Gorbach F 43 Prussia
Gustave A Gorbach M 18 Prussia
Callous Gorbach M 12 Mass.
Alvin A Gorbach M 2 Mass.
Kate Wise F 19 Prussia
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Name: Alfred Gaylor
Age (Expanded): 6 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1859
Gender: Male
Race:
Birthplace: Massachusetts
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Event Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Family Number: 1617
Line Number: 19
GS Film number: 0953967
Digital Folder Number: 4286754
Image Number: 00606

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John Gaylor M 51y Germany
Henrietta Gaylor F 48y Germany
John Gaylor Junior M 17y Germany
Alfred Gaylor M 6y Massachusetts

1865 Massachusetts Census
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April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Gaylerd, John, 56, works in cotton mill, b. Prussia
Henrietta, 53, keeping house, b. Prussia
Alfred A, 9, at school, b. MA
John, 22, works in cotton mill, b. Prussia
Christina, 22, keeping house, b. Wisconsin
Charles H, 1, at home, b. NY
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1890 Marriage / Partner
Gustave (Gustaph) Alfred GOERLACH and Mary Ellen SCHAFER 6 May 1890, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1893 Birth of Child
Elizabeth Augusta GOERLACH was born 30 November 1893, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1894 Death of Child
Elizabeth Augusta GOERLACH died 20 July 1894, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1895 Birth of Child
Charlotte GOERLACH was born 28 May 1895, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1897 Birth of Child
Gustave Adolph GOERLACH was born 4 April 1897, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Birth of Child
Charles William GOERLACH was born 9 October 1900, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Name: Gustav A Goerlach
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
District: 0046
Gender: Male
Age: 72
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Sheet Number and Letter: 4B
Household ID: 91
Line Number: 94
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
Affiliate Film Number: 884
GS Film number: 2340619
Digital Folder Number: 004606981
Image Number: 00942

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Gustav A Goerlach Head M 72 Massachusetts
Mary Goerlach Wife F 65 Massachusetts
Charles Goerlach Son M 29 Massachusetts
Walter Goerlach Son M 24 Massachusetts
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In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

Death
Goerlach, Gustave A., Jan. 6, 1931, age 73 yrs. 1 mo. 21 dys. (526 Peck's Rd.)

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